Villages

For banning smoking in all the rooms and on the grounds of the Ocean Resort Inn, Virginia Galletta, its manager, has received an award from the Tobacco Action Coalition of Long Island. Janis Hewitt

Sag Harbor’s John Jermain Memorial Library is closed. It will reopen in two years with a new wing that will effectively double its size. The original building, as shown in this 1910 photo, will be restored.

Teaching students how to play musical instruments was much harder than teaching them to carry a tune, Ralph Urban said. Janis Hewitt

Friends and former patients left flowers outside David Hartstein’s office after news broke that the East Hampton chiropractor, inset, had died suddenly, we know now, of hantavirus. Jane Bimson

Connie Auteri, a stand-up paddler, has helped plan the first blessing of the boards, which will take place on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church Janis Hewitt